All Heritage Festivals (festivals on Main Street) are handled by Perla Wicks, Heritage Festivals, City of Yuma. Please call Perla at (928) 373-5028 or e-mail her at perla.wicks@yumaaz.gov.
For information regarding Dorothy Young Electric Light Parade, Christmas Village and Yuma Lettuce Days please contact Yuma Visitors Bureau at 928-376-0100 or www.VisitYuma.com
The Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area will conserve, enhance, and interpret the natural and cultural resources of the community through collaboration and partnerships.
Identify and conserve Yuma's cultural, historical, and geologic resources, recognizing that resource conservation is part of community revitalization.
Assist partners to develop a diversity of interpretative opportunities, venues, and heritage sites while distinguishing between different levels of the heritage experience.
Interpret Yuma's heritage resources to emphasize their continuing role in a living, evolving community.
Support and build upon existing interpretative efforts, creating dynamic partnerships with federal, state, and local entities.
Attract visitors, investment, and economic opportunity to Yuma to improve the quality of life for its residents.
Create a gateway to Yuma to welcome and orient visitors and to provide an overview of the areas's significance.
